- Default hosting mode is now Localtunnel — public *.loca.lt URL,
no account, auto-fetched on first run. Replaces the prototyped
Tailscale mode.
- Tailscale code purged from launcher + CLI; docs swapped to
Localtunnel throughout (easy-setup, joining-a-server, server-cli,
troubleshooting, faq, READMEs).
- Launcher sidebar gains an Open admin panel button — opens
https://admin.<apex> in the browser once the server is live.
- SQLite db moves to %APPDATA%\DorkNet\dorknet.db (server reads
Database__SqlitePath env var, launcher passes it). Existing dbs
under <serverDir>\data\ are migrated on first run.
- CLI Program.cs: --mode default flips from tailscale to localtunnel;
csproj links in LocaltunnelTunnel + LocaltunnelInstaller.
- New Backend files: LauncherNameServer, LocaltunnelInstaller,
LocaltunnelTunnel, SingleOriginServiceMap.
- .gitignore: exclude installer/out/.
Initial v0.1 (commit df9dac0) used PhotinoNET wrapping WebView2 + HTML/JS,
but rendered as a blank window on first run — WebView2 + file:// URI
quirks. Switching to native WPF: built into the .NET 9 Windows SDK
(no NuGet), single-file self-contained publish, instant window open.
All Backend/*.cs orchestration logic carried over unchanged (they're
UI-framework-agnostic). Replaced:
- Program.cs (PhotinoNET bootstrap) -> App.xaml(.cs) + MainWindow.xaml(.cs)
- ui/index.html + style.css + app.js -> MainWindow.xaml (XAML views) +
App.xaml resource styles
- Backend/MessageBridge.cs (JS<->C# router) -> direct method calls in
MainWindow.xaml.cs code-behind
RecRoomPicker now uses Microsoft.Win32.OpenFolderDialog (added in .NET 8)
instead of WinForms FolderBrowserDialog — keeps the project WPF-only.
Backend files needed explicit 'using System.IO;' since the WPF SDK
doesn't include it in implicit usings.
Single-download .NET 9 self-contained launcher for hosting / joining
DorkNet servers. Reads versions.json from main to discover supported
client builds, fetches the matching server binary + client patcher
from GitHub Releases per branch, manages the server subprocess +
Cloudflare quick-tunnel, and wraps it all in a PhotinoNET window.
Code layout:
- Program.cs PhotinoNET window + message bridge bootstrap
- Backend/ AppPaths, AppState, VersionsManifest,
ReleaseDownloader, ServerProcess, ClientPatcher,
Tunnel, RecRoomPicker, JoinCode, MessageBridge
- ui/ index.html + style.css + app.js (no build step)
- RELEASES.md GitHub Releases artifact contract per-version
branches must publish to
Per-version branches need to ship two release assets per tag:
- dorknet-server-{version_key}-win-x64.zip
- dorknet-clientpatch-{version_key}.zip
(see launcher/RELEASES.md for the full naming + arg contract)
Photon AppIds, JWT secret, and the picked Rec Room path stay
per-machine; the launcher never bundles them.
Alexa